The imprecision of volatility indexes
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Keywords
Implied volatility; volatility index; imprecision;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
- G13 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing
- G17 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Financial Forecasting and Simulation
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ECM-2014-09-29 (Econometrics)
- NEP-FMK-2014-09-29 (Financial Markets)
- NEP-GER-2014-09-29 (German Papers)
- NEP-RMG-2014-09-29 (Risk Management)
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